Somebody will buy it.

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the committee promoting Amendment 2 (sports betting) on the November ballot:

C242679 10/19/2024 Winning for Missouri Education DK Crown Holdings, Inc 222 Berkeley St Boston MA 02116 10/17/2024 $4,600,000.00

[emphasis added]

Before that:

C242679 01/11/2024 Winning for Missouri Education DraftKings, Inc 222 Berkeley Street 5th Floor Boston MA 02116 1/9/2024 $250,000.00

C242679 01/11/2024 Winning for Missouri Education FanDuel, Inc 300 Park Avenue South 14th Floor New York NY 10010 1/10/2024 $250,000.00

C242679 01/23/2024 Winning for Missouri Education DraftKings, Inc 222 Berkeley Street 5th Floor Boston MA 02116 1/22/2024 $500,000.00

C242679 01/23/2024 Winning for Missouri Education FanDuel, Inc 300 Park Avenue South 14th Floor New York NY 10010 1/22/2024 $1,500,000.00

C242679 03/04/2024 Winning for Missouri Education DK Crown Holdings, Inc 222 Berkeley St Fl 5 Boston MA 02116 3/4/2024 $500,000.00

C242679 03/15/2024 Winning for Missouri Education Betfair Interactive US, LLC 101 Hudson St Ste 2170 Jersey City NJ 07302 3/14/2024 $500,000.00

C242679 03/19/2024 Winning for Missouri Education DK Crown Holdings, Inc 222 Berkeley Street Boston MA 02116 3/19/2024 $500,000.00

C242679 04/04/2024 Winning for Missouri Education DK Crown Holdings, Inc 222 Berkeley Street 5th Floor Boston MA 02116 4/3/2024 $500,000.00

C242679 04/06/2024 Winning for Missouri Education Betfair Interactive US, LLC 101 Hudson St Jersey City NJ 07302 4/5/2024 $1,625,000.00

C242679 04/29/2024 Winning for Missouri Education Betfair Interactive US, LLC 101 Hudson St Jersey City NJ 07302 4/29/2024 $400,000.00

C242679 08/16/2024 Winning for Missouri Education DK Crown Holdings Inc 222 Berkeley Street 5th Floor Boston MA 02116 8/15/2024 $3,525,000.00

C242679 09/13/2024 Winning for Missouri Education BETFAIR INTERACTIVE US, LLC 101 Hudson St Jersey City NJ 07302 9/12/2024 $1,500,000.00

C242679 09/18/2024 Winning for Missouri Education DK Crown Holdings, Inc 222 Berkeley St FL 5 Boston MA 02116 9/17/2024 $5,000,000.00

C242679 09/20/2024 Winning for Missouri Education Betfair Interactive US LLC 101 Hudson Street Jersey City NJ 07302 9/19/2024 $5,000,000.00

C242679 10/02/2024 Winning for Missouri Education DK Crown Holdings, Inc 222 Berkeley St FL 5 Boston MA 02116 10/1/2024 $5,000,000.00

C242679 10/07/2024 Winning for Missouri Education Betfair Interactive US LLC 101 Hudson St Ste 2170 Jersey City NJ 07302 10/7/2024 $5,000,000.00

[emphasis added]

Some of which paid for this:

Sad teacher there, apparently.

Wait, spending millions of dollars to get Missouri voters to allow them to give their money to gambling corporations which may result in an amount of revenue directed to public education which won’t significantly address current and historical funding issues somehow adds up?

And who is responsible for the current state of education funding in Missouri which places the state at or near the bottom of the rankings? Hint: maybe the right wingnut republicans who have controlled state government for two decades? You think?

Previously:

Campaign Finance: What are the odds? (January 11, 2024)

Campaign Finance: it’s gambling (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: bet on it (March 5, 2024)

Campaign Finance: just another large bet (March 16, 2024)

Campaign Finance: altruism (April 7, 2024)

Campaign Finance: zero sum gaming (September 13, 2024)

Campaign Finance: profit motive (September 18, 2024)

Campaign Finance: How much per vote? (September 20, 2024)

Campaign Finance: it’s not about education (October 2, 2024)

Campaign Finance: because there are only so many marks in Missouri (October 2, 2024)

Campaign Finance: competing interests, competing millions (October 7, 2024)